Soup for a Cold Winter's Day

We got a beautiful huge bunch of rainbow chard in this week's box. It was a cold (60 F), rainy, wintery day, so I decided soup was in order. I found this one from Food & Wine: Garlicky White Bean Soup With Chicken and Chard It was quick, easy, and yummy. The super fresh chard (stems and all) was just lovely in it.

Rutabaga & Brussels Sprouts Greens

I rejoined the Johnson's Backyard Garden CSA. So get ready for exciting new posts... though I forgot to take some pictures.

In the first delivery, we got rutabaga. I had to look up what it is. Seems to be like a big turnip. And so I put it in this soup:
Hearty Rutabaga Carrot Parsnip and Sausage Soup from Epicurious

I skipped the parsnips and just added extra carrots. I had both orange and yellow carrots from the CSA. I thought the recipe was easy and tasty, though neither kid would touch it.

We also received Brussels Sprouts Greens. These are big leafy greens that are faintly reminiscent of cabbage. If you google them (go ahead, I'll wait), you won't find many recipes. So I improvised.

I sliced the greens thinly and stir-fried them in olive oil with some garlic. It took a very long time for them to look like they were cooked (maybe 20 mins). Made about 3 cups of cooked barley, added one can of great northern beans, some toasted pine nuts, some shredded asiago, some lemon juice and another splash of olive oil.